The RedMagic 11 Air might have discovered how you can match one of many greatest telephone batteries obtainable right into a slimmer design. Unveiled Thursday, the brand new gaming telephone has a 7,000-mAh silicon carbon battery and a cooling fan, together with lots of the identical options as final yr’s RedMagic 10S Pro.
The new phone has the identical depth because the prior RedMagic 10 Air at 7.85mm (0.3 inches), and is a smidge heavier at 207 grams (7.3 ounces) versus the prior telephone’s 205 grams. This can be a comparable weight and depth to telephones like Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro, however the specs listing of the 11 Air largely mirrors the heavier RedMagic 10S Pro that I examined final yr. That telephone was 229 grams, and included a barely larger 7,050-mAh battery.
Just like the 10S Professional, the 11 Air contains the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and begins at $529 for a mannequin that features 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Upgrading to 16GB and 512GB of storage brings the associated fee to $629.
The telephone’s giant battery can recharge at 80-watt speeds — which is extremely quick for this worth vary — and the digital camera system features a 50-megapixel principal digital camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and a 16-megapixel front-facing digital camera.
RedMagic’s telephones prioritize gaming over all else, and features a bigger 6.85-inch OLED show that runs at a 144Hz refresh price. It should additionally embody the RedMagic 11 software program system, which I wasn’t a fan of once I examined the RedMagic 11 Pro. This software program overlay contains specialised console-style menus for gaming — which I like — nevertheless it additionally makes questionable decisions like a default internet browser that features promoting.
The RedMagic 11 Air will are available Phantom black and Prism white colours, and early chook vouchers for the telephone will turn into obtainable on Feb. 5 forward of its Feb. 11 open sale date.
